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What Happened?

Shares of precision motion systems specialist Allient (NASDAQ:ALNT) jumped 8.3% in the morning session after the company reported impressive fourth quarter 2024 results which blew past analysts' sales and EPS expectations. In addition, its EBITDA outperformed Wall Street's estimates by a wide margin. Zooming out, we think this was a good quarter with some key areas of upside.

The shares closed the day at $25.28, up 6.3% from previous close.

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What The Market Is Telling Us

Allient’s shares are quite volatile and have had 18 moves greater than 5% over the last year. In that context, today’s move indicates the market considers this news meaningful but not something that would fundamentally change its perception of the business.

Allient is up 3.3% since the beginning of the year, but at $25.31 per share, it is still trading 30% below its 52-week high of $36.18 from March 2024. Investors who bought $1,000 worth of Allient’s shares 5 years ago would now be looking at an investment worth $1,018.

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